Bab al-Maqam (), meaning the ''Gate of Maqam'' is one of the Gates of
Aleppo
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The 13th century structure was built by
al-Aziz Muhammad on the road that connected the Maqamat with the
Citadel
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Deviations in its design from the majority of medieval Syrian gates suggest that its function was ceremonial rather than military.
In ''Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo'' (1997), Yasser Tabbaa details some of these differences, noting that they reinforce the possibility that the gate had primarily a religious and political function, serving as homage to
Abraham
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and contrasting with the eastern shrines of
Mashhad al-Dikka and
Mashhad al-Husayn.
[Tabbaa, Yasser, 1997, ''Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo'', The Pennsylvania State University Press, pp. 21.]
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Ziyarat
Maqam